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IMPROVEMENT IN SAW-SETS AND GUMMERS.

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.TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Beit known that l, JOHN GARDNER, of Viroqun, Vernon county, State or" Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Saw-Set and Gummer; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof` which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being `had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in whichi Figure 1 is avertical longitudinal section oimy'improvcd saw-set and gommer, taken through the line :ux-,iig 2.

Figure is a top or plan View of the same. v

Figurciis an enlarged top View of the anvil showin-g a section ofthe setting and gumming hammer-heads.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention has for its object to'furnish an improved instrument'for setting and gumming saws; and it consists, first, in theeombination lof the hammer, spring, cam-lever, and rest, with each other; and second, in the combination of th'e anvil with the hammer and with the bed-plate of the machin e. the parts being` constructed andarranged as hereinafter more fully set forth.

A is the bed-plateoic the machine. B is the hammer, which is pivoted to a stud, C, attached to the bedplate by a screw, L, as shown in figs. l and 2. D is a spring, one end of which is attached to the 'bed-plate A, and the other end rests upon the rear end ot` the hammer B, as shown in the drawings. The face of the hammerhead, b1, is bevelled, to correspond with the bevel of the anvil. The head bl ofthe hammer is forced down upon the tooth of the saw, bending it down upon the bevel of the anvil by the'eannlever i The cam e1 of the camlever E is pivotcd to the supports F. To this cameI is attached a lever, e2, by which the said cam is operated. When the cam-lever E is brought into4 the position shown in fig. 1, the cam e1 pressing upon-the head b1 of the hammer B, and forcing it down 'upon the tooth of the saw, gives to the said tooth the proper set. The cam-lever E is alwaysstopped at the same point by the rest G coming in Contact with the blade of the saw, so that the same pressure may be applied to each tooth, giving to them all the same set. Il are adjustable stops which are attached to the bed-plate by .screws passing through slots in said stops, as shown in fig. 2. By moving these stops, against which the teeth of the said saw rests while being operated upon backward or forward, according to the length of the saw teeth, the teeth will all he in the same relative position upon the anvil when operated upon. I is a rest pivoted to the `forward end of the bed-plate, and which may he turned to one or the other side o'f-the instrument, to support the sawwblade, according as it projects from one'or the other side while being operated upon. J is the anvil, the edges of which arobevelled, so as to give the required set to the teeth. This anvil rests in a seat formed in the bed-plate A, and is pivoted to the said bedplate,as shown in fig. 1. The anvil J may have anyvdosired number of sides, and to the edge of each side there may be given a diterentbevel, so as to give the desired set. to the teeth of diierent saws. Butin this case as many dierent hammers must be used as there are dilcr'cnt bevels to the edges of the anvil, it being essential that the bevel'ot' the face of the hammer should correspond to the bevel of the edge of the anvil in connection with which the said hammer is to be used. One of the edges of the anvil J is not hevelled, and in it is out a notch having the same shape as the notches between the teeth of the saw. Into this notch fits the face K of the gumming hammer, as shown in iig. 3. The gumming hammer is made in the same general ferm, and operated in the same manner as the hammer B.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent The cam-lever E, pivoted to the posts F, rest G, hammer B, spring D, anvil J, and -rest I, when all Vare constructed and arranged upon the bed-plate A as herein set forth, for the purposc'specied.

JOHN GARDNER.

Witnesses:

WM. F. LINDEMAXN, H. L. RUSSELL. v s 

